Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center

18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$955.02

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,423.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$67.21 with HCLA vs $6,040.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $67.21 ↓ -93%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $67.21 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $67.21 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $67.21 ↓ -93%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $67.21 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $77.74 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $77.74 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $90.06 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $90.06 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $103.19 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $103.19 ↓ -89%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $308.49 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $368.55 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $653.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $787.29 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $816.00 ↓ -15%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $855.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $855.75 ↓ -10%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $1,191.26 ↑ +25%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $1,489.08 ↑ +56%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $1,677.27 ↑ +76%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $1,848.42 ↑ +94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,224.95 ↑ +133%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,327.64 ↑ +144%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,405.00 ↑ +152%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,738.40 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,978.01 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $3,251.85 ↑ +241%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,423.00 ↑ +258%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,611.00 ↑ +278%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $4,310.00 ↑ +351%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,409.00 ↑ +362%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $4,849.00 ↑ +408%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,040.00 ↑ +532%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $508.52 $82.67 – $2,072.04
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.78 $187.51 – $447.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,660.05 $593.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $861.14 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,215.12 $50.97 – $193.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $788.71 $67.21 – $1,971.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.45 $67.21 – $1,510.40
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,660.16 $1,287.79 – $7,455.00

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